The NCATA announced its academic honorees on Wednesday evening, and Beth Magee highlighted a group of 25 Cougars who were recognized for their academic excellence. For the third consecutive year, Magee was an NCATA All-Academic Team selection.
Magee, one of eight honorees on the All-Academic Team, holds a cumulative GPA of 3.99 as an Allied Health major. In all three of the Cougars' meets this season, Magee has competed in the compulsory (acro, pyramid, tumbling), seven-element acro, duo tumbling, aerial tumbling and the team event. She has also seen action in the synchronized pyramid (two meets) and open toss (one meet). In all of the heats in which she competed, the Cougars had a start value of 9.75 or higher. In seven-element acro, Magee helped the Cougars average a score of 9.8 over the three meets, scoring 9.85 out of 10 against Oregon and in the regular season finale against Arizona Christian. In her solo pass for the aerial tumbling event, Magee opened the season with a score of 9.925 against Oregon.
"Since Beth arrived to our program, she has been dedicated both academically and athletically," said head coach Kara Willard, "She is consistent and reliable in how she approaches each aspect of her life, and she is very deserving of this award for the third consecutive year!"
In addition to Magee's honor, the Cougars had 25 student-athletes named to the NCATA Academic Honor Roll. The Honor Roll includes all active Acrobatics & Tumbling student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher. The Cougars' honorees include:
Hannah Alonzo
Kamryn Buhl
Margaret Carstens
Gabby Drago
Quincy Eisaman
Brianna Fong
Sophia Gardner
Gracie Grant
Olivia Hamer
Hannah Hawley
Victoria Ho
Mikaela Hunter
Kayla Kienast
Hailey Kunimura
Sarah Lang
Beth Magee
Shaelyn Marlborough
Madiha Morris
Camri Reinhart
Lily Richardson
Isabella Schmitt
Sophia Shick
Payton Springer
Jocelyn Thew
Jacie Van de Zilver
Azusa Pacific will be the No.1 seed at the 2021 NCATA National Championship in Waco, Texas on April 22 & 23, as the four-team field was announced Monday morning. The Cougars' semifinal matchup will be against No. 4 Hawai'i Pacific on Thursday, April 22 at 2:00 pm CDT (12:00 pm PDT), streamed live on ESPN+ (CLICK HERE).
